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My husband Don, who has type two diabetes, needs to know the consequences and signs of health changes in his blood glucose when he has eaten too many sweets. Making a meal out of cookies isn’t a great idea for anyone who is...

Now that February is here, where do we all stand with our New Year’s Resolutions? Millions have made resolutions in hopes to make changes in their lives throughout the year, and many of those resolutions involve losing...

The Christmas season has come and gone and so have many of the sweets and desserts as well as all those cookies we have baked and eaten from home. How does a person with type 2 diabetes deal with the temptations of all these...

As a caregiver for someone who has type 2 diabetes, I obviously have to do the grocery shopping and choose wisely, but here’s the thing: while I’m in the checkout line, I often find myself staring into the grocery...

Type 1 Diabetes and especially Type 2 Diabetes is on the rise in our country in general, and affects a lot of older adults over the age of 65. It’s also affecting the younger generations even more so now than in the past....

“I don’t feel right!” Don said. My husband, who has type 2 diabetes, had just walked back in our front door, after having gone into town to do some Christmas shopping. Or so he said. He only came back with gifts from...

There is a huge difference between having diabetes and telling the truth compared to knowing the truth about diabetes. Let me explain! As a caregiver for a man who is type 2 diabetic, I shake my head so often on the...

It’s been a year now since my husband’s diagnosis with type 2 diabetes. On that fateful day, the news from the doctor was just what I thought it would be, because my husband Don had failed to heed the doctor’s...

“Today was embarrassing at work” said my 59 year-old husband Don, after he got home from work. “Why?” I asked. “I just couldn’t think today. No matter what I did, I just couldn’t remember things that I was...

My husband has been a type 2 diabetic since December 2012. As I approach the one-year anniversary of his diagnosis, I tend to look back and see what has changed over the months in our relationship and in how he is...

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